Casey Prather of the Florida Gators celebrates during the game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena. / Andy Lyons, Getty Images

by Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Sports

by Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Sports

The new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll features a lot of shifting once again, but this time it reached a lot closer to the top.

No. 1 Syracuse remained the unanimous choice to top the rankings among the 32 voters, though it took a miraculous shot and a defensive stand for the Orange to stay unbeaten with a pair of one-point victories this week.

But the rest of the top five looks quite different. Florida, on the heels of its big victory at Kentucky that ran its winning streak to 17, took over the No. 2 spot from unbeaten Wichita State. The Shockers actually received three more poll points than a week ago, but the Gators picked up more of a surge from their own victory. Florida also inherited more points from Arizona, which slid only one position to No. 4 after a loss at Arizona State. Louisville moves up three places to round out the top five.

Duke also gained three spots and holds the No.6 ranking this week. San Diego State, which dropped its first Mountain West Conference game of the season at Wyoming, fell two slots to No. 7 Kansas, Cincinnati and Saint Louis complete the top 10. For the Billikens, it's their highest ranking and first top-10 appearance since USA TODAY began administering the coaches poll.

Stock up: Creighton. The Blue Jays completed a season sweep of Villanova with yet another hot shooting performance - this time on their home floor - and made the biggest move of the week up five slots to No. 12.

Stock down: Villanova. The Bluejays' gain was the Wildcats' loss as Villanova gave up its place in the top 10. They're at No.11 this week, a drop of five positions.

Stock up: Virginia. The Cavaliers are solidly in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and their No.13 ranking is three better than last week and their highest since holding the No. 8 spot in 2002.

Stock down: Iowa State. Despite bouncing back from an ugly loss at West Virginia with a victory against Texas Tech, the Cyclones still took a five-position hit this week to check in at No. 19.

Stock up: Wisconsin. The Badgers' up-and-down season is back on an upswing. They climb three notches to No.18 following a win at Michigan.

Stock down: Michigan State. The Spartans' loss to Nebraska knocked them down four positions to No. 14 and leaves the Big Ten without a representative in the top 10 for the first time all season.

New kids on the block: No. 21 Connecticut, No. 25 UCLA.

College dropouts: Pittsburgh, Oklahoma.

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Scott Gleeson, a national college basketball writer/digital producer for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @ScottMGleeson.